Covid costs could wipe out Sunak's spending plans, says IFS

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Thinktank warns chancellor will have to cut budgets, increase taxes or borrow more

A prolonged battle against Covid-19 would swallow up a large chunk of the government’s planned increase in public spending and force the chancellor into an unenviable choice between fresh austerity, higher taxes or more borrowing, a leading thinktank has warned.

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